Author Description

"...The stories lied to us.No one tells you that love is a choice.No one tells you what to dowhen the love you chose doesn't choose you..."Self-proclaimed confessional poet, Ariel Lafayette, writes honestly about her experience with first love, sensuality, insecurities, betrayal, mental illness, and heartbreak in her debut collection, Oblivion.Oblivion, a collection of poems and prose, is not just a book. It's a release of ten years' worth of feelings, stories, and lessons. It explores the all-consuming highs of love and the crushing lows of heartbreak.Ariel Lafayette takes the reader on a journey of loving, hurting, and healing that aims to help her readers feel seen in their pursuit of love and encourages them to reevaluate the ways in which they choose to love and be loved.